Hizbul Mujahideen

Hizbul Mujahideen is a Kashmiri separatist group that was founded in September 1989 by Muhammad Ahsan Dar with Pakistani backing, seeking to fight for the independence of the Muslim region of Kashmir from the Hindu state of India and possible union with Pakistan. Sayeed Salahuddin served as HM's commander during the insurgency, and the group grew to have 10,000 fighters in 1990. The group was backed by Pakistan with money and training, and Hizbul Mujahideen's forces launched attacks on India from Pakistani territory during the insurgency. Between 2001 and 2003, Dar and several other Hizbul Mujahideen leaders were assassinated, leaving the hardcore Salahuddin as the sole leader of the group.